I like Karl Howman, he's a good actor, and well versed in light comedy, good enough to have been written in as a new character. I seriously dislike, old characters being replaced by new actors...
Hang on just a minute... Smifff wore his watch on his right wrist, now for some strange reason he's wearing it on his left.. (looks both ways) look I don't want to alarm anyone but... and call me paranoid if you like but... well.. I 'think' we might have an imposter..
I know what you mean but I still enjoyed Series 5. The trouble is after the first 2 years Marsh gets ever-diminished. By S5 he's just pathetic and childish and no longer seems a threat.
anybody who has served in the military will never forget the CPL DI who ran them through recruit training. Some were CPL Marsh to a T, others were just great leaders who instilled military discipline and comradery . It has been 42years since my time at Recruit and Trade Training school and I can still vividly see my DI standing before 25 new Airmen - yelling and spittle flying. Greatest act ever. Bye the bye, our CPL became life long mentors to us - all 25 graduated and went on to RAAF careers.
@@nearlyretired6440 yeah, but in my experience it really was an act, part of the discipline. underneath they were all decent people, with good intentions, who i have since come to respect. marsh appears to be rotten right through, a complete sadist, without any decency at all, or am i missing something?
I was a carer for a lady who did exactly that with the marshmallows but with more milk in her cereal bowl. She lived in a big house and it was some distance to the kitchen from where she was eating. It was all done deliberately as she was like that with everyone. Nobody could stand her.
Binge watching this over the last three days and it's gotten worse and worse as it's gone on, the new Smith character and this season 5 writing is bloody awful.
Yes, it definitely drops off after the basic training episodes. This episode is particularly weak. Marsh has just become a joke now. I still enjoy the show though.
have to say, as much as i like this series, marsh is killing me, i really cannot take much more of him, and i am glad it will all be over soon. i hope he gets what he deserves, in the end, but i can't see it coming. marsh is effectively the hero of this series, he is a sympathetic character, and i worry that he reflects something ingrained in both the writers, and most of the audience of this show. i would like to see marsh properly corrected, before the show ends, but i suspect the writers and the audience are all far too fond of him, far too sympathetic, for that to happen. will see..
Omnopon could only be administered by a RGN they are only ward orderlies, also usually as a pre, med it would of been administered intermuscular. I know it's only a comedy show.
Hindsight's a great thing but perhaps season 5 was just one season too far for an otherwise excellent sitcom. A new location (which doesn't quite work as well as the previous two), a new Jakey (not that Robert Lindsay's replacement was no use...it's just awkward that no one acknowledges this!), a rather subdued Corporal Marsh (compared to the manic persona of previous series) plus muted roles for Alice Marsh (whose performance is key to bringing out the comedic value of her husband) and Matthew (who needed Jakey as a foil and is almost superfluous to series 5). Little niggles but, added together, the final series is, as is so often the case with sitcoms, perhaps just one series too many. Still very watchable but that's the trouble when a show sets the bar so high - any slight lowering of quality becomes more noticeable.
I agree. I watched the first 4 series over 6 days, and enjoyed every episode. So far, this is rather subdued. It's as if they're trying too hard, knowing that they're not coming up to scratch. I shall watch all the episodes, but no more binges.
I like Karl Howman, he's a good actor, and well versed in light comedy, good enough to have been written in as a new character. I seriously dislike, old characters being replaced by new actors...
He's no Robert Lindsay though!
Hang on just a minute... Smifff wore his watch on his right wrist, now for some strange reason he's wearing it on his left.. (looks both ways) look I don't want to alarm anyone but... and call me paranoid if you like but... well.. I 'think' we might have an imposter..
Old Skool Fool
Uh oh.
It seems the quality dropped in the last season... :>/
I know what you mean but I still enjoyed Series 5. The trouble is after the first 2 years Marsh gets ever-diminished. By S5 he's just pathetic and childish and no longer seems a threat.
@@vordman - I agree👍
Those poor boys will never forget Marsh until the day the die!
anybody who has served in the military will never forget the CPL DI who ran them through recruit training. Some were CPL Marsh to a T, others were just great leaders who instilled military discipline and comradery . It has been 42years since my time at Recruit and Trade Training school and I can still vividly see my DI standing before 25 new Airmen - yelling and spittle flying. Greatest act ever. Bye the bye, our CPL became life long mentors to us - all 25 graduated and went on to RAAF careers.
@@nearlyretired6440 yeah, but in my experience it really was an act, part of the discipline. underneath they were all decent people, with good intentions, who i have since come to respect. marsh appears to be rotten right through, a complete sadist, without any decency at all, or am i missing something?
I was a carer for a lady who did exactly that with the marshmallows but with more milk in her cereal bowl. She lived in a big house and it was some distance to the kitchen from where she was eating. It was all done deliberately as she was like that with everyone. Nobody could stand her.
changing actors often messes things up but this guy is way too different from Robert Lindsay to work as the same character
Binge watching this over the last three days and it's gotten worse and worse as it's gone on, the new Smith character and this season 5 writing is bloody awful.
Yes, it definitely drops off after the basic training episodes. This episode is particularly weak. Marsh has just become a joke now. I still enjoy the show though.
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saunter over and reassure him !!
Never saw Series 5 on TV - Like a lot of good shows. Spoilt by trying too hard, such a shame
They screwed up. However, human factors being what they are, the beds should have been marked with their numbers.
have to say, as much as i like this series, marsh is killing me, i really cannot take much more of him, and i am glad it will all be over soon. i hope he gets what he deserves, in the end, but i can't see it coming. marsh is effectively the hero of this series, he is a sympathetic character, and i worry that he reflects something ingrained in both the writers, and most of the audience of this show. i would like to see marsh properly corrected, before the show ends, but i suspect the writers and the audience are all far too fond of him, far too sympathetic, for that to happen. will see..
Omnopon could only be administered by a RGN they are only ward orderlies, also usually as a pre, med it would of been administered intermuscular. I know it's only a comedy show.
Intramuscular!
Its at this point the whole series goes downhill. The change in actor for Jakey Smith was an ill thought out disaster and the storylines boring.
This great show was due to end I blame Marsh they needed some new blood Wolfie should of stayed I reckon
Script was getting very old and done by this episode. Marsh should have gone by now and new blood brought in
This was a dreadful episode.
Yer, It had jumped the shark by this episode
Series 5 was a big mistake and my mistake is watching it.
Hindsight's a great thing but perhaps season 5 was just one season too far for an otherwise excellent sitcom. A new location (which doesn't quite work as well as the previous two), a new Jakey (not that Robert Lindsay's replacement was no use...it's just awkward that no one acknowledges this!), a rather subdued Corporal Marsh (compared to the manic persona of previous series) plus muted roles for Alice Marsh (whose performance is key to bringing out the comedic value of her husband) and Matthew (who needed Jakey as a foil and is almost superfluous to series 5). Little niggles but, added together, the final series is, as is so often the case with sitcoms, perhaps just one series too many. Still very watchable but that's the trouble when a show sets the bar so high - any slight lowering of quality becomes more noticeable.
I agree. I watched the first 4 series over 6 days, and enjoyed every episode. So far, this is rather subdued. It's as if they're trying too hard, knowing that they're not coming up to scratch. I shall watch all the episodes, but no more binges.
You brick lol
The story lines are getting worse, the buzzer bit is just annoying.
This show made for some actors ie David Jason Carl Howman without them there wouldn’t be brush strokes and of course only fools and horses 😊
It's David janson not David Jason It's in this
AWFUL